Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:58:51 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Tim Kellers <timothyk@wallnet.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP Server compatability Message-ID: <20071002145851.GE76893@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <4702594A.4060709@wallnet.com> References: <46FEB3C6.8070009@wallnet.com> <20071001163736.GA69494@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <4702594A.4060709@wallnet.com>
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On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 10:44:26AM -0400, Tim Kellers wrote: > Thanks Jerry. I appreciate it. This HP stuff is uncharted water(s) for me. Well, it should look just the same as using the Dell stuff, except there might be a couple different device driver names and the escape to BIOS during boot might be a different key. All else should be just the same. If you got SCSI (or SAS) disk, about the only different driver might be the NIC and possibly a RAID card driver and they work, just have different names. ////jerry > > Tim > > Jerry McAllister wrote: > >On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 04:21:26PM -0400, Tim Kellers wrote: > > > > > >>I thought e would be purchasing a Dell 2950 to use as part of our > >>FreeBSD 6.2 server farm, (and thanks to everyone for their informed > >>replies), but due to other circumstances, our client wants to purchase a > >>HP ProLiant ML350 G5 SAS LFF - Rack Server. > >> > > > >We loaded FreeBSD on a Proliant 350 sometime back. We at first thought > >there was a compatibility problem, but it turned out to be some > >component on the motherboard. They replaced the motherboard and it > >worked just fine. It was not a rack mount model, but I doubt those > >will work any differently as far as FreeBSD is concerned. > > > >////jerry > > > > > >>The only experience I have with HP is their printers and I know nothing > >>about their server compatability with FreeBSD. Does anyone know if this > >>unit is compatible with FreeBSD 6.2 or has anyone actually installed it > >>on one? Any pointer to pitfalls and/or workarounds would be greatly > >>appreciated. > >> > >>Thanks > >> > >>Tim > >>_______________________________________________ > >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >>"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > >
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